Hal Leonard Mack the Knife - Weill/Blitzstein/Stitzel - Jazz Ensemble - Gr. 1.5

Author/Composer:

WEILL, KURT

Instrumentation:

JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Genre:

SWING

Grade/Level:

1.5

Model #:

7013574

Composers: Kurt Weill, Marc Blitzstein
Arranger: Rick Stitzel
Format: Score and Parts
Instrumentation: Jazz Ensemble
Level: 1.5

Recorded by both Louis Armstrong and Bobby Darin in the 1950s, this iconic standard has remained popular through the years and has been recorded by countless jazz artists. This arrangement for beginning jazz bands features a moderate swing tempo, easy rhythms, and solo (or soli) sections for saxes, then trumpets.